Improvement in fire-kltfdlers



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IMPROVEMENT IN PIR E-KIN'DLERS.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, dorm W. Lown, of Ottumwa, in the county of Wapello,and State of Iowa, have invented a new and improved Apparatus forKindling Fires; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description thereof, sufficient to enable thoseskilledin the'art .to which my invention appertains, to fully understandthe same, reference being had to the-accompanying drawings, forming partof this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view ofmy apparatus as Figure 2, a side elevation of the same, when not in use;and

Figure 3, an end view of the wick-holder.

My invention-is a portable apparatus, consisting sliding wick-tube, soarranged that it may be placed in close proximity to the wood, or otherkindling-material, in a stove or elsewhere, and said kindling ignitedfrom the burning wick, which is constantly supplied with oil from thecylinder, as will hereinafter be more 'fully described.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

In the drawings A represents a rectangular frame, made open attop andbottom, and constructed, preferably, of sheetmetal.

This frame may be provided with a handle, a, attached to its front side,for convenience in carrying The upper portiqn of that side of the frameA opposite the handle is bent downward, forming an inclined support, I),for the wick tube, when in use.

B is a hollow sheet-metaleylinder, mounted in the frame A, on pins 0.This cylinder forms the rotary oil-chamber. p

0 represents a rack, which may be made of acurved strip of metal,corrugated transversely, andwhich is soldered, or otherwise secured,around a portion of the periphery'of cylinder B," and, preferably, inthe centre of said periphery, as clearly shown in fig. l.

D is a catch, or pawl, which may be made of one piece of spring-metal,secured, at its lower end, to the frame A, within the handle a. I

This pawl is formed with a thumb-piece, d, and a tooth, c, which engageswith the teeth of the rack 0.

Around a longitudinal slot in the periphery of cylguide is inclined atan angle to the periphery of the cylinder, as shown in the drawings.

The burneno'r wick-tube, is made in two parts,,E F, which are fittedtogether, so as to be detachable one from the other.

The part E has its sides, 9 g, turned down at right angles to the mainportion.

the conducting-wick, the other extremity of which is attached at somepointon the inside of the walls of the cylinder B. Y

The conducting-wick, and the parts E F of the wicktube, pass through theguide f.

The wick-tube has a sliding-motion Within said guide. In fig. 2, thetube is forced into its fullest extent, while fig. 1 shows it-drawn outof thecylinder.

The part E, on account of its attachment to the cbndu'cting-wick,cannotbe entirely removed from the cylinder.

The part B of the burner is bent at its sides, as shown in fig. 3, so asto slide over the part E.

The outer ends of the sides of said piece 11 are bevelled, .as shown, soas to direct the flame'upward at right angles to the burner, the frontedge of the part' F being slightly back of the front edge of the part E.y The part I! is entirely removable, and it is provided with a knob, orhandle, 71., for convenience in sliding out the entire wick and entirelydetaching the part to which it is attached.

i i represent slots, formed lengthwise in'the part F.

Through these slots, a picker, to be hereinafter described, isintroduced, to adjust the main wick.

To insert this wick, the part F is detached, and one end of the wickintroduced into the oil-chamber, through the opening f.

Asufiicient portion of the wick having been thus inserted, the part F isput in place.

The cap and extinguisher G is or may be made of a single piece ofsheet-metal, bent into the form shown in fig. 3.

A wire picker, k, is attached to the cap, in any suitable manner, andthe cap itselfis preferably secured to some part of the cylinder B bymeans of a chain, 1.

Oil may be poured into the cylinder B through the opening 1, the part Fand the main wick having been removed for this purpose.

In order to kindle a fire with my apparatus, the wicktube is drawn out,the cylinder B turned, so as to permit the tube to rest on the inclinedsupport b, the wick is lighted, and the apparatus so placed or held thatthe flame of the wick will come in contact with i the fuel, and ignitethe same. 7

When the fuel. has been sufiiciently ignited, the apparatus iswithdrawn, and the flame extinguished by the application of the cap G.The wick-tube may now be pushed into the cylinder, and the latterrotated, so that the wick-tube shall occupy the position shown in fig.2.

The apparatus may now be set aside for future use.

Constructed as above described, my apparatus will be found a simple andconvenient means whereby the kindling of fires is easily efiected.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Let- To the inside of this part E is attached one end of tersPatent, is-- 1. In a fire-kindling apparatus, the combination of therotary oil-chamber B and the sliding wick-tube,

made in two parts, E F, arranged and operating substan tially as hereinset forth.

2. The wick-holder, made in two parts, E F, sliding one upon the other,substantially as herein described. 3. The extinguishing-cap G, providedwith a picker k, substantially"as and=for the purpose herein set forth4. The fire-kindling apparatus, composed of the rotar oil-chamber B,mounted in a fi-arue, A, and provided with a rack, G,'the slidingwick-tnbe E F, and pawl D, all operating substantially as hereindescribed,

Witnesses:

GEO. W. ROTHWELL, O. E. FULTON.

JOHN W. LOWE.

